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SUBMARINES

"E" submarines ("E9" group) (E9)

E34 1916

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
E9   Vickers, Barrow 6/1912 29/11/1913 6/1914 scuttled 8/4/1918
E10   Vickers, Barrow 7/1912 29/11/1913 8/1914 sunk 18/1/1915
E11   Vickers, Barrow 7/1912 23/4/1914 9/1914 BU 3/1921
E12   Chatham DYd 12/1912 5/9/1914 10/1914 BU 3/1921
E13   Chatham DYd 12/1912 22/9/1914 12/1914 BU 12/1921
E14   Vickers, Barrow 12/1912 7/7/1914 12/1914 sunk 27/1/1918
E15   Vickers, Barrow 10/1912 23/4/1914 10/1914 sunk 15/4/1915
E16   Vickers, Barrow 10/1912 23/9/1914 2/1915 sunk 22/8/1916
E17   Vickers, Barrow 7/1913 16/1/1915 4/1915 wrecked 6/1/1916
E18   Vickers, Barrow 1/1914 4/3/1915 6/1915 sunk 24/5/1916
E19   Vickers, Barrow 11/1914 13/5/1915 7/1915 scuttled 8/4/1918
E20   Vickers, Barrow 11/1914 12/6/1916 8/1915 sunk 5/11/1915
E21   Vickers, Barrow 11/1914 24/7/1915 10/1915 BU 12/1921
E22   Vickers, Barrow 11/1914 27/8/1915 11/1915 sunk 25/4/1916
E23   Vickers, Barrow 12/1914 28/9/1915 12/1915 BU 9/1922
E24   Vickers, Barrow 1/1915 9/12/1915 1/1916 sunk 24/3/1916
E25   Beardmore, Dalmuir 11/1914 23/8/1915 10/1915 BU 12/1921
E26   Beardmore, Dalmuir 11/1914 11/11/1915 10/1915 sunk 6/7/1916
E27   Yarrow, Scotstoun 1915 9/6/1917 8/1917 BU 9/1922
E28   Yarrow, Scotstoun 1915 --- --- cancelled 4/1915
E29   Armstrong, Elswick 12/1914 1/6/1915 10/1915 BU 2/1922
E30   Armstrong, Elswick 12/1914 29/6/1915 11/1915 sunk 22/11/1916
E31   Scotts, Greenock 12/1914 23/8/1915 12/1915 BU 9/1922
E32   White, Cowes 12/1914 16/8/1916 10/1916 BU 9/1922
E33   Thornycroft, Woolston 1/1915 18/4/1916 11/1916 BU 9/1922
E34   Thornycroft, Woolston 1/1915 27/1/1917 3/1917 sunk 20/7/1918
E35   John Brown, Clydebank 12/1914 20/5/1916 7/1916 BU 9/1922
E36   John Brown, Clydebank 1/1915 16/9/1916 11/1916 sunk 17/1/1917
E37   Fairfield, Govan 12/1914 2/9/1915 3/1916 sunk 1/12/1916
E38   Fairfield, Govan 12/1914 13/6/1916 7/1916 BU 9/1922
E39   Palmers, Jarrow 12/1914 18/5/1916 10/1916 BU 10/1921
E40   Palmers, Jarrow 12/1914 9/11/1916 5/1917 BU 12/1921
E41   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 12/1914 22/10/1915 6/1916 BU 9/1922
E42   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 12/1914 22/10/1915 6/1916 BU 9/1922
E43   Swan Hunter, Wallsend 12/1914 11/11/1915 2/1916 BU 1/1921
E44   Swan Hunter, Wallsend 1/1915 21/2/1916 7/1917 BU 10/1921
E45   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1/1915 25/1/1916 8/1916 BU 9/1922
E46   Cammell Laird, Birkenhead 1/1915 4/4/1916 10/1916 BU 9/1922
E47   Fairfield, Govan 1/1915 29/5/1916 10/1916 sunk 20/8/1917
E48   Fairfield, Govan / Beardmore, Dalmuir 2/1915 2/8/1916 2/1917 BU 7/1928
E49   Swan Hunter, Wallsend 2/1915 18/9/1916 12/1916 sunk 12/3/1917
E50   John Brown, Clydebank 3/1915 13/11/1916 1/1917 sunk 1/2/1918
E51   Scotts, Greenock 3/1915 30/11/1916 1/1917 BU 10/1931
E52   Denny, Dumbarton 3/1915 25/1/1917 3/1917 BU 1/1921
E53   Beardmore, Dalmuir 2/1915 1916 3/1916 BU 9/1922
E54   Beardmore, Dalmuir 2/1915 1916 5/1916 BU 12/1921
E55   Denny, Dumbarton 12/1914 5/2/1916 3/1916 BU 9/1922
E56   Denny, Dumbarton 12/1914 19/6/1916 8/1916 BU 6/1923

 

 

 

Displacement standard, t

  

Displacement normal, t

667 / 807

Length, m

E9 - 18: 55.2

E19 - 56: 55.6

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

8-cyl Vickers diesels / electric motors

Power, h. p.

1600 / 840

Max speed, kn

15 / 9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Armament

E9 - 23, 25 - 33, 35 - 40, 42 - 44, 47, 49, 50, 52 - 56: 5 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern, 10), 1 x 1 - 76/50 QF Mk I or 1 x 1 - 102/40 BL Mk VIII

E48: 5 - 450 TT (2 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern, 10), 1 x 1 - 102/50 QF Mk IX

E24, 34, 41, 45, 46, 51: 3 - 450 TT (2 bow, 1 stern, 6), 1 x 1 - 76/50 QF Mk I, 20 mines

Complement

30
Diving depth operational, m 30

Ship project history: E9 class submarines were 0.9m longer than early boats to permit a second 18`` TT in a bow, bow TTs were placed side-by-side. Foremost watertight bulkhead was moved 0.6m aft to simplify loading, engines were moved fwd. CT was enlarged and a steering position was fitted, three watertight bulkheads were provided.

The most numerous British submarines of WWI. Rather successful design has been developed on the basis of "D" class. Surface endurance was 3000nm at 10kts. 2 TT placed amidships, 1 in a stern and 1 (2 on 2nd series) in a bow. 6 boats of 2nd series are completed as minelayers (their armament included 3 TT and 20 mines in vertical trunks in side tanks). E25 and Å26 originally intended for Turkey. All subs of class were actively  used in days of war on all theatres.

Modernizations: 1915 - 1917, submarines that served in Marmora: many submarines were rearmed and deck gun was changed by, for example: 152mm howitzer (E20), 76/40mm QF Mk I HA gun (E11) or 102/40mm gun (E12).

early 1916, E22: + flying-off ramp for Sopwith Baby recon plane.

1916 - 1917, many submarines that served in the Northern sea: had artillery consisted of 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA or 1 x 1 - 76/45 QF Mk I HA AA gun.

Naval service: Å14, Å16, Å24, Å34, Å49 and Å50 were mined 26/12/1915, 27/1/1918, 22/8/1916, 24/3/1916, 20/7/1918, 12/3/1917 and 1/2/1918 respectively. E15 ran aground 15/4/1915 in sea of Marmara and was destroyed by coastal artillery, Å18 (by decoy vessel K), Å20 and Å22 are sunk by German ships 24/5/1916, 5/11/1915 and 25/4/1916 respectively. 6 submarines were lost for unknown reasons: Å10 (18/1/1915), E26 (6/7/1916), Å30 (22/11/1916), Å36 (17/1/1917), Å37 (1/12/1916) and Å47 (20/8/1917). Å41 was rammed by E4 and both sunk 15/8/1916 but both were salvaged and repaired later. Å17 wrecked 6/1/1916. Å13 ran ashore on Swedish coast 18/8/1915 and has been interned till November 1918. Å9 and Å19 are scuttled 8/4/1918 in Helsingfors in order to avoid capture by Germans.

E11 1915

 

 

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